We are all Gaza!

Gaza hit the headlines again and this time the violence escalated to new heights enough to fire up the hearts of freedom fighters all over the world, myself included. I am all for peace and would never trade diplomacy for anything. But my heart goes to the Palestinian people who had been systematically driven out of their homeland to establish the Jewish state that is called Israel, and until now are being deprived of their right to return home or at the very least settle peacefully to whatever is left of their original abode. The Gaza strip and the continuing violence that cripples it for decades now is a testament that imperialism still exists, in a more subtle package served in the same old blend of deception and religion. I won’t dwell on the history of how it all started as several references are now available, both written and…